Nanosolar Ships First Panels — After five years of product development - including aggressively pipelined science, research and development, manufacturing process development, product testing, manufacturing engineering and tool development, and factory construction - we now have shipped …

Q&A: Peter Norvig — The evolution of Web search. — As director of research at Google, Peter Norvig is intimately involved in the attempt to manage the world's information. He's a good match for the job, having spent much of his life thinking about how computers think and making them do it more efficiently.

New Advanced News search — Want to find articles from a specific news source? You may not know of some tricks to make Google News do the work for you. — Try using our site operator along with a keyword, like this: [site:iht.com Paris]. Or you can also use our advanced news search page.

Introducing Video Sitemaps — In our effort to help users search all the world's public videos, the Google Video team joined the Sitemaps folks to introduce Video Sitemaps—an extension of the Sitemap Protocol that helps make your videos more searchable via Google Video Search.

Why Nobody Likes a Smart Machine — At a Best Buy store in Midtown Manhattan, Donald Norman was previewing a scene about to be re-enacted in living rooms around the world. — He was playing with one of this year's hot Christmas gifts, a digital photo frame from Kodak.

The Depth of EBay's Problems 2: Angry Sellers — Here's another angle on what's wrong at eBay: Sellers increasingly find eBay too expensive and are becoming successful finding buyers on Amazon.com or on their own sites. I wrote Friday about why Amazon should buy eBay.

McClatchy's Fall From Grace — Holy smokes—what happened to McClatchy? — Just a few years ago, industry observers hailed the newspaper company and its boyishly charismatic chairman and chief executive, Gary Pruitt, for growing earnings and producing solid journalism at a time when some of its rivals couldn't accomplish either.

'Guitar Hero,' 'Rock Band' strum up big sales — A battle of the bands is at center stage this holiday season. — The opening act, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, has been a tough ticket at retailers in all versions (Xbox, Wii, PS2 and PS3, about $50, or about $100 with controller) since its release in late October.

Live Search for Mobile Updated — The browser-based local search and mapping site for mobile has been updated with a bunch of new features. point the browser on your mobile to http://m.live.com/ to try it out. Enhancements include: — 1-click directions for all businesses and street addresses in U.S.

Update: NetSuite raises IPO price range — NetSuite has raised the estimated price range for its IPO (initial public offering) to $16 to $19, from the original $13 to $16. — The company made the disclosure in a document filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.